Once upon a time Hazel could barely stand Cherrygrove, but now she could barely stomach leaving it. Even now she twitched standing at the shoreline, letting the water lap at her feet. This was supposed to be relaxing, she was supposed to be relaxed. Sighing, she watched her Whimsicott and Cutiefly happily float in the dusk breeze while her Oddish dug itself further and further into the sand, looking quite disgusted. Hazel let out a low sigh and dug her toes deeper into the wet sand, watching the lazily warm water lap against her ankles. As it encroached further, she watched her Oddish flee from the salty water, watching her trainer from a safe distance. Hazel smiled warmly as she watched her pokémon, gazing out into the horizon.

random event!

Someone approaches!

He walks up behind Hazel quietly, shoes plodding softly on the sand. For a moment, he hesitates, reluctant to step into the water, but seeing the girl in front of him already standing in it, he walks closer, eyes on the horizon.

The eerie yet soothing quiet of the lapping sea intermingled with her pokémon's happy coos was broken by a stranger's deep voice. Hazel jumped,
splashing water at her oddish, who squeaked. Looking apologetic, she scooped Nadine up and hugged the pokémon close to her, tickling her with one finger as she turned halfway to the stranger, smiling, and then back out to the sea. Nadine giggled happily in her arms, amusing herself by trying to kick the sand off her feet.
"Oh yes." She looked at the stranger again. "What brings you out this way?"

The Oddish lets out a small squeak and he glances at it, lips tugging upwards. "I like to take a walk every so often," he says, "and let my Riolu stretch her legs." He reaches for the Pokéball at his waist and clicks the button; with a red flash, a Riolu appears.

"Me too, and today is so beautiful, wouldn't you say?"Hazel hummed. Her eyes went skyward in thought as the word Riolu. She barely has a moment to think on the pokémon she'd never seen before the stranger was releasing it and Hazel's eyes lit up. Her Whimsicott floated over, staring curiously at the new pokémon, and her Cutiefly followed, trilling happily as it danced around the Riolu, examining it.
"Oh my gosh," Hazel can't help but squeal, quickly kneeling and offering a hand for the blue pokémon to sniff before she began petting it, Nadine still in her arms, watching the Riolu restlessly. "I've never seen one before!" When he questioned her she suddenly remembered herself and stood up.
"Oh-ah, I live right over there actually, I run a little nursery out of my home." She explained, blushing a bit. "Are you traveling?"

The Riolu stiffens under the stranger's touch, looking back to her owner for confirmation. He nods ever so slightly and she jumps back, suddenly turning her attention to the Whimsicott a few feet away.

"Now, Riolu. Force Palm!"

The Riolu kicks off the ground, hands outstretched as a sonic wave just manages to hit the Whimsicott.

Hazel has no time to react as the Riolu pushes her aside and aims a force palm at her Whimsicott. Rubbing her head, she saw Jack try to dodge the move, but not moving out of the way in time and being hit head-on. She saw him barrel away, picked up by the wind and carried down the beach. Hazel reached out to him as if she could catch him, but he was too far gone.
Luckily, the wind died down, and Jack soared back, looking frazzled and losing bits of his hair. He might look small and weak, but Jack could be pretty hardy and strong. Hazel opened her mouth, thinking to use Hurricane, and then decided that she didn't want to destroy this whole half of the beach. Maybe if she was somewhere else, but this close to homes and civilization she wouldn't dare. She cried out, "Jack, razor leaf!", instead.

Jack used razor leaf!
Roll = +1!

Hazel pulled herself up, holding a struggling Oddish, and beckoned her Cutiefly close to her, standing opposite the stranger. Jack floated in front of her, puffing up and releasing a cloud of razor-sharp leaves on the Riolu like spores.

The Whimsicott is a fierce little thing, shooting out a storm of leaves, and it's impossible for Riolu to dodge the attack. Once the leaves dies down, she returns to a fighting stance, while her trainer keeps an eye on the woman now holding her Oddish and Cutiefly.

Soon.

"Quick attack, now!"

But the Riolu fumbles, moving too quickly and sliding on the wet sand, missing completely.

Hazel can't help herself but laugh as the Riolu slid on the sand, snorting into her sleeve until her Cutiefly Beverly nudged her with her long proboscis, bringing her mind back to the fight. Jack only knew so many moves that weren't hurricane, but Hazel had no mind for strategy and wildly told him to use one of his defensive moves. Helping Hand wouldn't help in this situation, so she shrugged and instructed him to use his other move.

Jack used charm!
Roll 0!

Jack giggled, floating up to the Riolu, but before he could execute the move, a wayward breeze carried him away. Hazel went to go after him, then jerked back by her responsibilities – beating the mess out of this man, if she could. She started to tell Beverly to jump in for Jack, but Nadine squirmed out of her hands and towards the Riolu before Hazel could say anything.

He ignores the girl's laughter, eyes darting between her three Pokémon. The Whimsicott misses, quickly replaced by the Oddish, and he scowls. Oddish aren't in high demand—damn things grow like weeds, after all.

"Force Palm, again!"

Riolu lands the hit this time, but it just grazes the Oddish.

"Useless." He has his hand on another Pokéball at his hip, this one empty, but he waits.

Hazel went to grab up Nadine before she could harm herself, but before she could, Nadine had waddled up to the Riolu and tried to attack, ending up being hit with another force palm. It just grazed her, but she burst out into tears anyways, and then was quickly scooped up by Hazel. Jack had wandered back, but not before Hazel was asking Beverly to go forward.

Beverly used struggle bug!
Rolled a 3!

It seemed as if Beverly was only thrashing about, and then Riolu was thrashing too, like he was being hit a thousand times over.

His Riolu winces under the Cutiefly's attack, barely able to keep standing under the barrage. He pays her no heed, instead reaching for the Pokéball and throwing it to the Oddish while everyone's distracted. It's better than nothing.

Hazel watches in what seems slow motion as the pokéball is tossed at her poor, dear Oddish before Nadine can struggle back into her trainer's arms. Nadine cries as it hits her squarely, envelopes her in red light, and sucks her into the ball. It rocks slowly – once, twice, but Hazel already knows Nadine is too weak, too new, to fight back, and it clicks with finality.
In a moment of quick decision, she dives for the pokéball with her captured Oddish inside, trying to wrestle it away from the Rocket grunt. She can't lose her is all she's thinking, yelling at Beverly to do something, anything, she doesn't care.